Re: EMS shipping
EMS is express mail here in the US, customs is entirely dependant unpon how much you have brought in recently, if you are over your import limit and if the customs officer feels like running you through the computer to check. Many times it just comes through. I've bought items in from Japan and not been charged customs and the next month I bring in less and get a customs charge for some items and not others. Where they come in to the county seems to have some bearing as well.
I used to import toys from Japan to the tune of $3000-$5000 per month. One month I got everything with no charges, the next month, I would get a large high value box in and the same day a $25.00 box would get stopped and come with a bill when I picked it up at the post office. Generally it seems that customs is more intersted in items that are delivered by methods other than US mail, like UPS, FEDEX and other courier companies.
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